Comments on: What Do You Long For?

By: Jim Martin

Jim Martin — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:01:30 +0000

Terry,Thanks very much for your comment. You are so right regarding "desire."

By: Jim Martin

Jim Martin — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:00:50 +0000

Michelle, I am glad these words were fitting and timely for you. Thanks for your feedback.

By: Jim Martin

Jim Martin — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:00:07 +0000

Thanks Karin. A very important prayer.

By: Terry Michaels

Terry Michaels — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:19:59 +0000

Truly an awesome quote!!! It’s all about knowing Him and knowing Him more. Unless that is our desire, all we have is hum-drum religion.God bless,Terry Michaelswww.strategicbookpublishing.com/ThatIMayKnowYou.html

By: Michelle Van Loon

Michelle Van Loon — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:20:35 +0000

These words are incredibly timely. Thanks.

By: karin

karin — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:44:52 +0000

Yes, Jesus Christ is enough! I want Jesus more than anything this world has to offer me. When I have Him, I have victory, power, love, grace and so on! More of Him and less of me is my prayer – though I may be whining at times through this process.

By: Jim Martin

Jim Martin — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:25:31 +0000

Jan– I don’t hear you dumping cold water at all. No problem. It is always good to really think through whatever you read wherever it is.What I especially appreciate about your comment is that after you express your reservation, you then affirm the point of this post. You express this quite well in your last sentence.But with this qualification, I believe we should let our hearts break
with the longing they have for God and that our shame is often found in
the trivial pursuits we use to replace that longing. Thanks

By: Jan

Jan — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:40:13 +0000

This may sound at first like I’m dumping cold water on this beautiful truth. That is not my intention. However there is one line that troubles me: "We have got to realize the littleness of creation…". If an inordinate love of material things, what we call today "materialism" is meant, then I agree. But if this is a whiff of the Greek disdain for the material world that so influenced Marcion, then I would be careful. The mystics of all ages have frequently strayed in this area. As much as I appreciate and try to practice Christian meditation as defined in Scripture, I believe anything that suggests God’s creation, in it’s original perfection, is anti-spirit will be spiritually defeating. For God is known by his benefits. The Psalmist clearly make this distinction when praise God as Creator and Redeemer. Such songs as How Great Thou Art, with their emphasis on God’s glory and presence in creation repeat this truth. Nor am I suggesting we hold to a natural theology of revelation. I fully believe in a theology of the cross over and against a theology of glory. But with this qualification, I believe we should let our hearts break with the longing they have for God and that our shame is often found in the trivial pursuits we use to replace that longing.